My friends rock. In the last hour, we’ve transferred what’s likely to be over 15gb of MP3s to and from our respective computers– perhaps more. It’s fun to realize that, since two of our computers are on a wireless network, that there are MP3s flying through the air all around and through us. Whoo! But […]
Author: Mark Egge
Saw (4/5 stars)
4/5 Stars Don’t get me wrong–Saw is not a “good” movie in terms of cinematic value. But for a horror movie? Saw is nothing short of entertainment gold. For its capacity to mortify, to disturb, and the make the audience genuinely uncomfortable and drawn in, this movie hits its mark in grand style. Don’t take […]
L.A. Trip
Photos:http://www.eateggs.com/photos/05.01.14.los.angeles/ Day 4 – January 2, 2005In all of Cheyenne, I have only one shoe. I have another shoe, too, but that’s about 350 miles from here, along the Utah-Wyoming border. Sad. Anyhow. Things are over and done. We switched off drivers, and eventually arrived in Cheyenne at about 3:00PM. I’m not sure if the […]
Tsunami death toll and CNN ratings soar
Sixty-eight thousand people dead, and CNN’s ratings are way up. Sixty-eight thousand people. Dead. That’s it. Boom. Over. Gone. And we Americans turn on our televisions to hear stories about the 770 tourists who are “feared dead” and to hear the bullshit stories of hope and triumph aired by the local news stations. Oh, and […]
Hold On True
So it’s Christmas eve. And life… is good? I guess it goes like Carter put it: it’s odd to be back in Cheyenne. Cheyenne truely is timeless, which is to say unchanging, stagnant, dead. And I feel myself sliding back into “Cheyenne life.” So it’s Chistmas eve, and I still have shopping to do. It’s […]